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UK Defense Secretary, Ben Wallace, and Greece's Minister for National Defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, signed a Joint Vision Statement on February 7. Wallace stated that the goal of this agreement was, "to strengthen our already close relationship in order to face common threats and challenges together while looking forward to new opportunities for future cooperation." The agreement will allow the two...

Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar and his British counterpart, Ben Wallace, met in London on Sunday to discuss the possible sale of a large shipment of weapons, including fighters, transport aircraft and naval ships. Sources close to the meeting told the Middle East Eye that during their meeting Akar and Wallace discussed the possibility of Ankara purchasing Eurofighter Typhoons, C-130J...

British police announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a package containing Uranium after it was discovered by Border Force agents. On December 29th routine scanning at London's Heathrow Airport detected the package with small amounts of radioactive material. Officials were quick to note that the package and its content posed no threat to the public and was...

The United Kingdom is reportedly mulling, being the first Western nation to supply modern main battle tanks (MBT) to Ukraine. Sky News was the first to report on such a development. The Ukrainian Contact Group, the U.S.-led coalition assisting Ukraine against Russia's February 2022 invasion, is set to meet on January 20th. According to their sources, no decision has...

In his upcoming autobiography “Spare,” Prince Harry claimed that he had killed 25 Taliban insurgents while serving in Afghanistan in the British Army, according to British media that obtained versions of the book before its January 10 release. Harry is said to have described the militants as “chess pieces” taken off of the board, further adding that “It’s not...